Mrs. Scales had a progress report for each student as they came into class today. The quick write for today involved each student reflection on the their progress report and writing in their W-R’s notebook. Everyone had to think about their current grade and write about how they felt about that grade. Real progress reports go out to parents next Wednesday.

Mrs. Scales announced that although several people did well and got all 30 points on yesterday’s root word test, there were enough people who did poorly that we will have another test on Thursday. The lesson plans for the week are being adjusted and no new root words will be given this week. Everyone needs to study root word cards #38 – 52 for Thursday’s test.

All final copies of any Martin Luther King essays for the contest were collected and mailed today.

Crews got together and started reviewing how they have been working together and booty was tally-ed up. Each crew has a bright green crew evaluation checklist and rubric that has to be filled out and turned in by next Monday. A web page was reviewed and all crew Jolly Rogers were began. The completed Jolly Rogers also have to be turned in on Monday.

There are 155 points available between now and next Wednesday when the progress reports go out: 30 points for the root word test on Thursday, 25 points for the study guide check on Friday, 75 points for the crew checklist evaluations and 25 points for the Jolly Rogers. Everyone should be working hard to earn as many of those 155 points as possible and turning in make up work to recover some of the previous points they may be missing.